EHRP executive director Alissa Quart was quoted in the MarketWatch article, “You’re not upper class in America until you’ve reached this coveted status,” published on October 1, 2024. The article ...
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Slate. The first time I met a rich person, I was 15. I’d just arrived at boarding school on scholarship after time in foster care. My new ...
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and TIME. The American public is talking about “McJobs” again. The conversation about McDonald’s workers has prompted a discussion about the ...
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Literary Hub. “Poor people” are “my people” Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has said. In his best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly ...
On September 18, 2024, EHRP executive director Alissa Quart spoke with 91.5 KJZZ’s Sam Dingman about JD Vance’s best-selling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Listen to the full conversation here.